tapas

Vancouver’s Le Parisien: a Worthy Tribute to the Original Café de Paris – Fall Menu update

October 27, 2012

Updated Oct 23, 2012. It’s not unusual for new restos to tweak things as they go along but we’re more than intrigued by Le Parisien’s just launched “petits plats”—a definite nod to Spanish tapas, with some excellent tastes from chef Tobias Grignon and team. No fiddling with the stalwarts —such as French onion fondue or [...]

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Vancouver’s España: Great Tapas and More. Raising the Bar by English Bay

September 26, 2012

What’s the first thing you do (besides laundry) when you get back home after 24-hours of flying? Go out to dinner, of course! We had just a one night “stopover” in Vancouver between Mendoza and the Okanagan—the perfect opportunity for a quick look at newly opened Espana (1191 Denman St., 604-558-4040). Espana is right in [...]

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Judas Goat Taberna: a Trendsetter for Back Alley Vancouver

April 30, 2010

Sean Heather is takin’ it to the streets. Literally. For better or worse, back alleys constitute a big part of Vancouver. We’ve lived and worked overlooking one for many years. They add up to the most under-used and often abused significant chunk of unremarkable real estate in an otherwise pretty spectacular city. Sean Heather—the ‘Laird [...]

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Bao Bei, Vancouver: Small Plates as ‘Petits Plats Chinois’

April 15, 2010

Steak tartar like never before Vancouver’s Chinatown has fallen on rough times these last few years, its once unique shopping eclipsed by Richmond’s glitzy malls. Even our foraging finds us more often at T&T’s live seafood bar than the eminently more interesting fishmongers on Gore and Pender. Until now, with the exception perhaps of oversized [...]

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